Antisemitism in North America, New World; Old Hate

Year

2016

Publisher

Brill

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-00430-713-1

Link

Last Update

30-Mar-2026

Keywords

Jewish Studies

Description

Despite its evident imperfections, the vast majority of American Jews view the United States as a uniquely hospitable host in the history of a diaspora fraught with nearly endless discrimination.¹ Yet, for many, this positive assessment has always coexisted with a concern that matters, even in this “golden medina,” could get far worse on the turn of a dime.² With this historically-understandable anxiety has come a preoccupation with the state of American sentiments. Thus, mainstream American Jewish organizations, notably the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, have for decades sponsored scientific research to monitor the pulse of the American...